Blue Jays still have faith in Adam Lind and Colby Rasmus

Blue Jays first baseman Adam Lind (left) is congratulated by outfielder Colby Rasmus after hitting a home run against the Mariners at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ont., Sept. 13, 2012. (MIKE CASSESE/Reuters)

MIKE RUTSEY, QMI Agency

Maybe that’s why he seems to be sticking with both centre fielder Colby Rasmus and Adam Lind, the Jays’ DH/ first baseman.

Prior to heading off to next week’s winter meetings in Nashville, Anthopoulos met Wednesday with reporters to discuss a variety of topics.

The fate of Rasmus and Lind were among them.

Since being acquired by the Jays in a deadline trade with Cincinnati in July of 2009, Encarnacion had been mostly a conundrum. A clank at third base, Encarnacion would show flashes of power but through his first 21/2 seasons with the Jays, he was definitely more miss than hit.

Each season, though, Anthopoulos would bring him back claiming the organization believed there was a lot more in his bat than he had shown.

Bingo.

In 2012, Encarnacion and his new short, powerful swing struck gold as Steady Eddie had a career season belting 42 home runs and driving in 110 runs.<